My grandmother died today. Well, not from your perspective. You will be reading this months, and more likely, years after I write this. I am publishing this well after the fact, but I wrote it today. I won’t tell you the day. You will simply be left to wonder. I am left with three feelings.Continue reading “On Death”
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The Quest #9
Last two weeks, only got one boilerplate rejection. It came in today. Good reminder that I had to blog. No new queries because I’ve been applying directly to publisher houses instead of through Manuscript Wishlist and I have to wait to be rejected by one agent before I can send to another at their agency.Continue reading “The Quest #9”
A lesson from movies.
I want to talk about two movies. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc, and Hacksaw Ridge. One of these movies is perhaps the platonic ideal of an action movie. The other was so infuriating that it has haunted me to this day. It shouldn’t be that hard to figure out which isContinue reading “A lesson from movies.”
The Quest #8
So its been a couple weeks and that will probably be the schedule for the Quest on forward. I only had one rejection in the time, and I finished a big batch of queries a couple weeks ago. I’ve sat on the queries since then. Since I’m looking at agencies, I’ve got to be carefulContinue reading “The Quest #8”
A History Thought
The Quest shall return next week. I was taken up with a thought and wrote on that this week. I was thinking about something recently, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. In talking to my historically minded friends, I mentioned that one of my favorite historical themes is theContinue reading “A History Thought”
The Master Drinks
The Master drinks. The Master drinks to remember. On a sunny day, as the stifling humidity consumed his estate, he demanded to be brought outside. His corpulent form required five slaves to drag him out of the mansion. He berated them for every discomfort he felt as his bed was wheeled outside. They had promisedContinue reading “The Master Drinks”
The Quest #7
Not much this week. No rejections, which is odd. I suppose that means there’s going to be a flood of them in the coming weeks. It also means I got ahead of the pile. Haha. The funny thing about the change of the months is that more agents are open the first few days ofContinue reading “The Quest #7”
The Peacock
Note: The Peacock is a novella I wrote after reading The Anarchy by Dalrymple, when scenes exploded through my mind. This is the prologue and first chapter, and an early draft. The story is about 50,000 words. It is the story of a dying empire, and the ruler who oversaw the decline. This is aContinue reading “The Peacock”
Story in Games
So this is the first blog on the topic of Storytelling. But not story telling in books, but rather in games, videogames or boardgames. I’ve realized that the games I love the best have an organic way for storytelling, an openness which allowed me to put myself into the game. I may make a postContinue reading “Story in Games”
The Quest # 6
So, recently I finished going through the pages of Manuscript Wishlist and Query Manager. It’s a good site, designed to help writers find agents. I just don’t know how successful it is at matching them. I sent a query to most agents I saw who represented fantasy books. I looked for people I was excitedContinue reading “The Quest # 6”
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